Testimony given before special master Charles Warren in a suit brought by the United States against the state of Utah over ownership of the bed of the Colorado River. Much of the testimony was given by river runners, scientists and engineers, petroleum geologists, and placer miners. The testimony constitutes an extensive oral history of the men and women who utilized the Colorado River Basin in Utah prior to 1929.

Publisher

Microfilm gift of John Weisheit, 1997

Date

1930-10

Type

Text

Format

image/jpeg

Source

Original format: 12 microfilm reels

Language

eng

Relation

No. 14 Original. Abstract in Narrative Form of the Testimony Taken before the Special Master, and filed in His Court by Him, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426

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( After further discussion 1045 : ) Compl . Exh . 70 is a black and white map prepared to show what they term the Navajo country , in Southern Utah and in Arizona and a part of New Mexico . It was compiled by a draftsman from General Land Office maps and survey data , as ( indi- indi ) cated on it . The date with the ( compiler's compilers ) name is 1926 . There have been changes , since map was published as to that tract in Utah west of the 110th meridian , and south of the San Juan and Colorado , These changes are included in Compl . Exh . 71 , and consist of Orders . The map , Compl . Exh . No . 70 , that is in evidence , shows that the territory in Utah west of the 110th meridian , was restored by Departmental Order of ( July July- July ) 17 , 1922 , when , as a matter of fact , that is not the correct status of the land at the present time . . ( R . 4110-4111 . ) On February 19,1929 , the Assistant Secretary of the Interior approved the Indian ( Com- Com ) ( missioner's missioners ) recommendation to withhold the lands in the territory he has just referred to , south of the San Juan and west of the 110th meridian , from ( further furtheir ) disposition , with a view to obtaining a permanent withdrawal for Indian purposes by Congress . The . purposes of the ( witbdrawal-all witbdrawalall ) of them are ( em- em ) bodied in the letter ( which -which which ) appears in Compl . Exh . 71 , dated January 21 , 1929 , signed by Charles H . Burke , Commissioner . ( R . 4112 . ) Compl . Exh . No . 71 contains every order and every proclamation of every kind and character on file